'Rosa', one of the women who sued the police after being deceived into long-term relationships with undercover police officers, speaks out. This is the second of a series events to be held around England and Wales, aimed at bringing together survivors, activists, women’s sector groups, academics and others concerned with violence against women and girls […]
A community conversation with Jason Kirkpatrick, a lifelong grassroots environmental activist. Jason, now based in Berlin was a former Vice-Mayor of Arcata, California before working for two years in Northern Ireland on cross-community sustainability projects. He is the director of the forthcoming documentary film Spied Upon, which he began making when he discovered that his […]
Police Spies Out of Lives, the support campaign for women deceived into relationships with undercover police officers, will host an with two women, Alison & Andrea, talking about their personal experiences of relationships with spycops. The hour-long session is at noon on Thursday 9th February at the Human Rights room at the Lush Summit in […]
Spycops and Strikers is a public event in London on 15th February, part of a series of Grunwick 40 memorial events. In 1976, six workers walked out of Grunwick Film Processing Laboratory in Willesden and ignited an historic two-year dispute which united thousands to demand better rights for poorly treated workers. The workforce had a […]
On Saturday 18th February the Cardiff Anarchist Bookfair returns to Cathays Community Centre. There will be a whole day of workshops, talks and debates, plus a hall full of stalls, plenty of food, live musical entertainment, and much more. Fighting Back Against the Spycops talk will be at 12 noon with Police Spies Out of […]
ARspycatcher will discuss undercover cops in animal rights. What really took place? How did they get away with it for so long? How did the scandal unravel and what are the latest revelations? How do spycops fit in to the pattern of state repression and how can we fight back? This is a launch for […]
Unite London & Eastern Women’s Committee invites you to celebrate International Women’s Day 2017. In the context of social inequality, the state spies on, slanders, frames, tortures and murders those who challenge its protection of a privileged elite. Women have led the way in many struggles against the state. SPEAKERS Barbara Jackson Orgreave Truth and […]
Update on the British Undercover Policing Inquiry and legal actions proceeding against police in Germany and Ireland. Information and discussion about cases of recently outed German undercover police, and how activists can continue to achieve their goals despite state repression. Cases of undercover police such as Simon Brenner, Iris Plate, Maria Böhmichen and Mark Kennedy […]
It is over six years since the undercover policing scandal broke, creating shock that the police could commit such abuses against social, animal, and environmental justice campaigners in our country. Public outrage at the scandals around undercover policing led to the Public Inquiry into Undercover Policing. Two years in, it is still in its preliminary […]
The police have been dragging out the preliminary stages of the public inquiry. They are now saying it will take many months for them to assess which officers need anonymity. The Inquiry has asked them to explain why, and asked the 180 or so 'core participants' who were signigficantly spied on for their contribution. This […]